2:06 AM,
Oct. 12, 2012

Written by

Susan Page
USA TODAY

DANVILLE, Ky. -- Joe Biden arrived on stage Thursday determined to have the debate that his boss didn't.

From the opening question, the vice president was pressing Paul Ryan on the specifics of the GOP's proposals on taxes and spending. He managed to mention the killing of Osama bin Laden in response to a question about this month's attack on Americans in Libya. And he all but called Ryan a liar when the Republican vice presidential nominee attacked the Obama administration for issuing a series of misleading early statements on the terrorist assault that killed a U.S. ambassador and three ...